Google Ads • 20 February 2018

Benefits of Using Google Adwords (PPC) Advertising

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Benefits of Using Google Adwords (PPC) Advertising

Benefits Of Using Google AdWords PPC Advertising

Google Ads — historically known as Google AdWords — gives businesses a way to appear in front of people who are actively searching for relevant products and services. Unlike advertising that relies on interrupting a broad audience, search advertising can target users at the point they have expressed an intention through the words they type into Google.

Target Relevant Keywords

A PPC campaign can be built around the searches most closely connected with the services a business wants to sell. Campaign structure, keyword selection and negative keywords help control which searches can trigger adverts and reduce spend on traffic that is unlikely to become a customer.

Control Location And Budget

Businesses can focus advertising on the geographic areas they actually serve and set budgets around what they are prepared to spend. This can make paid search particularly useful for local service businesses that want enquiries from selected towns or a defined radius.

Pay For Clicks And Measure What Happens

PPC means pay per click: the advertiser is charged when somebody clicks the advert. The click itself is not the final objective, so campaigns should also track what happens afterwards, such as calls, forms and other useful customer actions.

PPC Needs Ongoing Management

Search terms, competitors, costs and customer behaviour change. A campaign therefore needs regular reviews of keywords, search queries, adverts, locations, devices, schedules and conversions. Ongoing management helps put more of the available budget behind activity that is generating relevant enquiries.

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